Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-14

affected, though prohibition will affect
local politics in scme sections.
/ The bitterness % the campaign will soon
be forgotten, and 1puch good has been &C
cCnpllshed O7 ibis, the most thorough
cinvsss N the alate for Years
/ or is 10 he IT greit d t1aitt QUESTION
Of party affiliations anu party policies
have been sprung 30 soon after tle con-
tes+, before cOo.ing time, aud while vet
partisan feeling prevents conservative
views Which might harmon ~ p:o snd
anti Democrats. Ard 6 short tine would
cave developed an organ I'd effort 10
control the next Democratic convention
/ in the interest Of prohibiuon, ana then, fail
ing in thsr, 10 Iced those VINO Toted for
prohibition out into the prohibition psrty.
T0st effort VIII jet be made, but nov
they Will begin TO cry 'self-defelse.'
/ Captain I. c. Alexander, CT ola and
trusted Democrat and "a ardsnt pre-.
said "It is SAID that some CT the leaders
Of me Democratic party propose that tn.
mex Democratic state convention shall
be COMPOSED OF antl.prohi5iticn Demo-
crd's, and hat the convention shall maze
deliyercnce, declaring that prohibition
is 8 pajpab,e violation of every Demo
be rlcreant 10 il5 duty If it falls 10 brand
/ tue imposition end drive i. out of the
party and make war on it,, etc. Il Is
wy hsId for me TO believe that tn
Democratic parry, il Convention a.
stm)lcd, viii undertake TO carry Oue any
sGca extreme measures.
Because the majority Of Democrats il
TcX3s who are AUtl-Proli0itiOulsts must
~ II 2 10 9I. y &
the minority WHO are p.0hi5,uOn-
ISIS is 8 large and Respectable minority,
ana l cannot 6cmit in advance that the
msJ Jrity would uGderGaS- TO rsi5c IL
thcIr platiCrm { p.euk that woDld be ua-
necessary ard so offensive - said minor
lily, ana th.n make tl8t the iule by which
said minority should be measured as to
their political taith.
''Ii TIE Democratic convention shall
pursue such Il mad course as IL proposed,
jhe result will be g disruption OF the party
organization into TWO factions nearly
equal in Plumbers, the final result OF
waich ! CsnnOt f07tsCe. | cont believe
twill be dole."
County Clerk II. c. Cooke, 8 warm
Democrat and g sound PfohiDitoni5t,
said: "There viii be 10 feriOu5 effort
ALIsASAC 81 zig iiNAt St1LC JOIF CT ltUI ~
read EuycEe cut Of the party No sane
man claims that the recent prohibition
hgot was in any way partisan battles and
d careful analysis OF the vote reveals the
fact inst neither antiS nor pros are strong
enough TO GXcOmmunlCSte the other.
Hence any attempt on the p 1T q either
faction to humlliate She other VIII receive
no cOuntenaoCC from the more prudt Mt
and patriotic Democrats. The hOtspurs
never dictate the policy Ct any party ex-
Cept in times OF revolution and great com
motion; rcr will they no~ be permitted
to use the Democratic party to avenge
their supposed personal grievances or TO
promote their own selllsh ambition. Pat
this ia your pipe ana smoke IT,"
Judge j. X. Heitou, the ole pioneer
Democrat and snti-prohib said: IL thiak
there are men CT both sides Of this ques
ton who sre OyerZeslOus, ana l think it
would be the part OF wisdom to drop the
discussion and let paace reign again over
our state. think there will he & tussel
IN the next convention, but il the pros
don't force il en- us by Their conventions,
etc, the c0mmOlion Will soon blow over.
We have h2d great excitement, ard it
seems 10 me il would be the better policy
to cease the strife. l can'l sey az present
whether it would be good policy 10 place
The anti plank in the Democratic plat
form or not.n